When Arvid Jansen comes-to one morning in the doorway of a bookstore in Oslo, Norway, his grief comes back to him in devastating flashes: His parents and his brothers are dead, he has lost touch with his wife and daughters, abandoned his career as a writer and bookseller. His old life is gone.
In the Wake is the story of Arvid's first steps toward resuming that life, of his gradual confrontation with everything he lost and ultimately with his own role in the disaster that killed his family.
Told with the insight and moral force of his countryman Knut Hamsun, In the...
When Arvid Jansen comes-to one morning in the doorway of a bookstore in Oslo, Norway, his grief comes back to him in devastating flashes: His paren...
After eighteen years of marriage, an art historian wakes up one morning to find his wife standing in the bedroom doorway with her bags packed, leaving him with no explanation. Alone in his Copenhagen apartment, he tries to make sense of his enigmatic marriage and life. Memories of driving a cab, quiet walks in the snow, and intense sojourns in Paris and New York pass through his mind in fleeting images. The more he thinks of his wife, however, the more mysterious she becomes to him. Slowly he realizes that two people can live together for years without ever really knowing each other, and that...
After eighteen years of marriage, an art historian wakes up one morning to find his wife standing in the bedroom doorway with her bags packed, leaving...
I was fourteen and a half when the Germans came. On that 9th April we woke to the roar of aeroplanes swooping so low over the roofs of the town that we could see the black iron crosses painted on the underside of their wings when we leaned out of the windows and looked up. In this exquisite novel, readers will find the crystalline prose and depth of feeling they adored in Out Stealing Horses, a literary sensation of 2007.
A brother and sister are forced ever more closely together after the suicide of their grandfather....
I was fourteen and a half when the Germans came. On that 9th April we woke to the roar of aeroplanes swooping so low over the roofs of the to...
What do you like to do on your morning subway and bus commute? Anne Born writes on the bus - essays, poems, even a journal of a month's worth of subway rides, all on the New York City MTA. A Marshmallow on the Bus is a lively collection of stories that will make you feel like you are sitting right next to her. Part urban anthropology, part psychology, part transportation history: who knew commuting in New York City could be so much fun? From a couple of squirrels on a tree to a hippy on primary day to a noodle at the top of the stairs to yes, a marshmallow on the bus, this collection of...
What do you like to do on your morning subway and bus commute? Anne Born writes on the bus - essays, poems, even a journal of a month's worth of subwa...
A collection of stories written on the MTA, the New York City bus and subway system, Prayer Beads on the Train is about memory, commuting, getting by - and around - in New York.
A collection of stories written on the MTA, the New York City bus and subway system, Prayer Beads on the Train is about memory, commuting, getting by ...
The Late Orphan Project Anthology is a collection of stories written after the death of a parent. The focus is not the grief, the sense of loss, the terrible sadness, but rather the simpler things. This is about the intricate and universal workings of family - regrets, learning, problem solving, daily life, and most definitely, love. The writers are: Amy McVay Abbott Dane Aska Kerry Boland Anne Born Emily Conyngham Roger Fallihee Jaime Franchi Lourdes A. Gautier Michael P. Geffner Sue Glasko Jennifer Harmon Ken Hartke Joan Haskins Lisa Kern Catherine Nagle Sharon Nesbit-Davis Jeanne Sathre...
The Late Orphan Project Anthology is a collection of stories written after the death of a parent. The focus is not the grief, the sense of loss, the t...
